Penny Dreadfuls, 1812 · page 178 of 258
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This page presents a sonnet (numbered 160) from what appears to be a Victorian narrative work. The poem explores grief and loss, comparing the speaker's longing for past happiness to someone who cherishes faint reminders of a deceased beloved. The speaker dwells on memories of joy now destroyed, finding solace in remembrance while lamenting separation from those cherished scenes. The formal structure and melancholic tone are typical of sentimental verse appearing in penny dreadfuls, likely interspersed within a larger serialized narrative rather than constituting the main content.
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160 SONNET. As one who late hath lost a friend adored, : Clings with sick pleasure to the faintest trace, Resemblance offers in another’s face, Or sadly gazing on that form deplored, Would clasp the silent canvas to his breast : So muse I on the good I have enjoyed, The wretched victim of my hopes Series ; On images of peace I fondly rest, | Or in the page, where weeping fancy mourns, I love to dwell upon each tender line, And think the bliss once tasted still is mine ; While cheated memory to the past returns, And, from the present leads my shivering heart Back to those scenes from which it wept to part., Comichbooks;com